Monument record 0449800000 - FINGEST MANOR

Summary

Medieval to modern records of Fingest manor. The site of a manor house or palace belonging to Bishops of Lincoln (13th century to 1547) surviving only as a house platform.

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Type and Period (4)

MANOR (13th Century to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1547 AD)
MANOR HOUSE (13th Century to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1547 AD)
PALACE (13th Century to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1547 AD)
HOUSE PLATFORM (13th Century to 16th Century - 1200 AD to 1547 AD)

Description

NO MENTION OF FINGEST IN DOMESDAY SURVEY, SAID TO HAVE BEEN GRANTED, WITH CHURCH & TITHES, TO ST. ALBANS ABBEY C.1100, & RETAINED BY IT UNTIL 1163. ESTATE THEN GRANTED TO BISHOP OF LINCOLN. IN 1551 OWNED BY PREBENDARY OF DULTINCOTE IN WELLS CATHEDRAL. IN MID C19 PASSED TO CHURCH COMMISSIONERS (B1).

(SU 7791) Ruins of the old manor house of the Bishops of Lincoln are near the church of St Bartholomew at the north of the village of Fingest. The manor was held by the Bishops of
Lincoln from the 13th c until 1547.

Reference is made to the site of the Bishops Palace (or manor house) (B9) at a point several hundred yards N of the church (3). (B1, B9, B10)

According to the owner of Fingest Manor the site of the palace was at SU 7762 9125, but no positive proof was available. At the siting a level area C 20.0m by 30.0m and an old well exist, but no other remains. (B11)

SU 7761 9127. A house platform indicating the site of the former manor house (B12)

NRHE insert 2006 (B13)

Sources (13)

<1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp42-43.
<2>SBC7304 Bibliographic reference: T Langley. 1797. HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF THE HUNDRED OF DESBOROUGH P223.
<3>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p883.
<4>SBC5360 Map: 1838. FINGEST TITHE MAP 1838 (WITH FINGEST & LANE END PARISH COUNCIL; PHOTOSTAT AT BRO, REF: PR77/27/1/T).
<5>SBC39 Bibliographic reference: A R PIKE 15 JUNE 1979 FIELD VISIT/CAS CARD 4498.
<6>SBC14979 Unpublished document: SURVEYS OF MANOR OF FINGEST 1650, 1674, 1700 IN SOMERSET RECORD OFFICE (REF: D/D/PG 8)(INFO PER PROF E J HOLBORROW).
<7>SBC4951 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E APRIL-MAY 1990 WATCHING BRIEF (& INFORM ATION FROM MR J GRAHAM).
<8>SBC2326 Article in serial: L M Cantor and J Hatherly. 1977. 'THE MEDIEVAL PARKS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE', in Records of Buckinghamshire 20. Vol 20 part 3.
<9>SBC27559 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1934-40. Records of Buckinghamshire volume 13. Volume 13.
<10>SBC27560 Digital archive: Historic England. VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION Antiquity Journal. p287.
<11>SBC27548 Verbal communication: P A Stevens. 1972. Field Investigators Comments- P A Stevens 17 October 1972.
<12>SBC27561 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1979. Records of Buckinghamshire volume 21. volume 21. p191.
<13>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SU 77605 91259 (point)
Civil Parish	FINGEST AND LANE END, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jun 23 2025 12:38PM